Revit Family Creation 2010: Revit Parameter Power

After becoming productive with Revit the first question that arises is "how to create a family?". Many trainers and textbooks steer wide or give this a close brush. This is a clear concise step by step guide to creating your Revit Family! Subjects covered: Family Categories, Hierarchy of Families , The 2010 Family Editor Interface, 2D - Symbolic Lines, Family Templates, Annotation Families, Symbol Families, Solid Extrusions, Sweeps, Blends, Swept Blends, Solid Revolves, Voids, Using Parameters, Reference Planes, Dimension Parameters, Nested Families, Work Plane-based Family, Material Definitions, Profiles, Flip Controls, Cutting Families, Cut Planes, Subcategories and Visibility , Fine Medium and Course, Family Formulas, Importing Content, Flexing the Model, Revision Parameters, and Naming the Family